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How to Build a Wire Ghost

This eerie "ghost" is poised and ready to startle unsuspecting visitors

a finished library ladder in the library

Rout oak boards and install specialty hardware to create an elegant addition to any built-in bookcase

How to Build a Rolling Library Ladder

Kitchen remodel for $6,000

These TOH readers transformed rooms in their homes with a little elbow grease and budget-savvy creativity

Editors' Picks: Top 19 Budget Reader Remodels

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A classic jack-o-lantern? Or perhaps a portrait of TOH's very own Norm Abram? (Yeah, that actually happened!)...

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a yellow bucket-loader digs up the ground between the fence and the house

Tom finishes the forms for the new foundation and pours the concrete with a new intern. Richard gets the house safe...

Newton GenNEXT | A Few Good Landscapers

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Tom teaches a young fan how to build a tool box; Scott installs smart smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in...

Ask TOH | Tool Box, Smoke Detector, Valve

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Centriq | The Ultimate Mobile App for Home Organization, Repair and Maintenance

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Rhode Island beach House rendering

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2017 Idea House Reveal

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Show us before-and-after photos of your bathroom remodel for the chance to win Internet fame (we'll feature you on...

Reader Remodel Contest | Bathroom

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Give this sweet sunroom a splash of color and submit your entry on or before October 12 for the chance to win $500 in...

Enter Now! Get Coloring for a Shot at $500

Generation Next scholarship recipients

We proudly support the mikeroweWORKS Foundation through our Generation Next campaign. Together, we're...

Generation NEXT

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Find the zone for your town to determine what plants will flourish in your yard.

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

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one pumpkin has wooden arms that appear to be carving "This Old House" into the pumpkin next to it

A classic jack-o-lantern? Or perhaps a portrait of TOH's very own Norm Abram? (Yeah, that actually happened!)...

Enter the TOH Pumpkin Carving Contest for a Shot at $1000

Check out the competition this year, then enter your creation for a chance to win

See All of the 2017 Entries So Far

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America's most trusted home improvement brand picks the best products of the year

TOH Top 100 Best New Home Products 2017

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How to Install Smart Smoke and CO Detectors

Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron installs smart smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

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how to make tin-can luminaries for fall and halloween

Welcome trick-or-treaters by candlelight with festive punched-out luminaries made from leftover food cans

How to Create Tin-Can Lanterns

an entryway with a fake bone door knocker

For this spooky setup, we turned fake bones into a clever Halloween door ornament

How to Make a Bone Door Knocker

first look at the Newton Generation NEXT House as work is beginning, Norm Abram shows the apprentices how to choose lumber

Get to know the talented young people working alongside our pros on the TOH TV project houses this season. New...

Meet the Generation NEXT Apprentices

Get inspired by these amazing masterpieces, get pro tips and free patterns to make your own, and enter your carvings...

12 Inspirational Pumpkin Carvings

model house with stethoscope resting on the roof

Show winter illnesses the door by keeping the house as germ-free as can be. This Old House has some time-honored tips...

How to Flu-Proof Your Home

Putting Your Lawn Mower to Bed

An end-of-summer tune-up keeps power lawn equipment in top shape

How to Store Your Lawn Mower for the Cold Season

Lighted Pumpkins

Your drill is the key to making this out-of-the-ordinary Halloween decoration

How to Create Beautiful Pumpkin Luminaries

small dog standing up on a dog gate set up between two rooms

Easy DIY upgrades for a pet-friendly home. See below for step-by-step tutorials, solutions to common pet problems,...

Have Pets? DIY Projects You'll Love

an eerie mirror for Halloween decoration

This haunting "reflection" will spook your guests and turn any entryway into a spot the Addams Family would approve of

How to Create an Eerie Halloween Mirror

Everything you need to build the ultimate pumpkin-carving tool set and Pumpkin Carving Contest

Dremels and Other Pumpkin-Carving Tools

Save door-chiseling time with a Forstner bit

Cutting Mortises With a Drill

Tom Silva installs a cable railing on a deck

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva installs a cable railing on a deck in Greenwich Village, New York

How to Install a Cable Deck Railing

Rhode Island beach House rendering

You've seen the renderings and got updates from the job site as our Rhode Island Beach House was being...

2017 Idea House Reveal

bright kitchen with white cabinets and white tile backsplash, and windows on the far end. Shiny, rich-colored bamboo flooring covers the floor. An image of living, green bamboo plants is inset in the upper left corner.

With lustrous beauty and newfound durability that rival hardwood's, this sustainable material is now delivering a...

All About Bamboo Flooring

woman raking leaves

Whether you’re gathering leaves into a pile or leveling soil to prep for grass seed, a rake is an important part of...

3 Garden Rakes for Different Tasks

laying strips of wood on a floor

Flooring expert Jeff Hosking shows how easy it is to install this tough man-made flooring

How to Lay Engineered Wood Floors

a programmable thermostat with a hand-held remote

Save on your energy bill with controls that automatically change the temperature settings

How to Install an Energy-Saving Programmable Thermostat

kitchen island with a butcher-block surface

This handsome and durable prep station is simple to build out of standard lumber or easy to find through kitchen...

How to Build a Butcher-Block Counter Island

Ask This Old House Crew

Plastic pipes are cheaper than cast iron, but they're also noisier

Quieting Drainpipes

Tom Silva shares expert tips and techniques with Kevin O'Connor for installing new kitchen cabinets

Q: How do we remove old kitchen cabinets?

Removing Kitchen Cabinets

organized closet

We consulted with closet-design pros from across the country to learn the secrets to creating the ultimate storage...

How to Gain More Closet Space Without Renovating

a mother and daughter carving a pumpkin

Follow these 5 easy tips from a pro and you'll have pumpkin carving success! Then, enter the TOH Pumpkin Carving...

How to Carve a Pumpkin

The TOH TV Crew laughing in the studio

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the Rhode Island Beach House, bunk room built-in bunks

With seaworthy style, built-in bunks, and a suspended swing chair, the third floor bunk room at the TOH Beach House...

Idea House 2017 | The Bunk Room

left to right: Boris Karloff, Marilyn Monroe and Jack Nicholson craved in pumpkins

These legendary-looking gourds feature meticulous portraits of some of your favorite celebs and fictional characters....

Jack-o'-Lanterns With Famous Faces

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CURRENT PROJECTS

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Eight apprentices in our Generation NEXT program will work alongside the TOH master crew to help expand and restore...

The Newton Generation NEXT House

a two-story brick home is viewed from the side with dark green shutters on the windows and white-framed door in the bottom right, up against yellow siding

TOH heads south to restore and renovate two historic homes with additional apprentices

The Charleston Single House

Rhode Island beach House rendering

You've seen the renderings and got updates from the job site as our Rhode Island Beach House was being...

2017 Idea House Reveal

Detroit house project exterior

A 1939 Russell Woods-area home is restored with help from the community. Watch full episodes on demand here

The Detroit House

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This Old House Pumpkin

A classic jack-o-lantern? Or perhaps a portrait of TOH's very own Norm Abram? (Yeah, that actually happened!)...

Enter the TOH Pumpkin Contest for a Shot at the $1,000 Prize

America's most trusted home improvement brand picks the best products of the year

TOH Top 100 Best New Home Products 2017

Check out the competition this year, then enter your creation for a chance to win

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